14 Years of Blogging and an Air Conditioning Update

I have not yet received a notification from WordPress, but Timehop tells me that today is the 14th anniversary of starting this blog. Edit – just got the notification Last year when I celebrated my blogiversary I was also celebrating my 1500th post. This will be post 2095. I now have 1171 followers on WordPress. … More 14 Years of Blogging and an Air Conditioning Update

Break the Rules

Rules have been on my mind this week. It started with unwritten rules in the Juwan Howard incident. It escalated with the worst part of Medium – the torrent of articles written by Medium “experts” telling us how we are doing everything wrong. I made the mistake of clicking on Medium advice articles when first … More Break the Rules

Why Do I Write?

I wrote not too long ago about how I struggle to not get caught up in stats here and on Medium. This morning I read a post on Deb’s Dispatches asing if having a blog is attention seeking. My therapist asks me about my writing each week and we talk about how writing makes me … More Why Do I Write?

Show Me The Money!

I follow an amateur weather guy on Facebook. I like his forecasts because he’s never been about using hype to get more clicks. He would do his forecasts and then after the storm would post his PayPal link for people to donate to help him keep his work going. He recently announced he is starting … More Show Me The Money!

Bloganuary 8: What Do You Like Most About Your Writing?

These are always hard for me. I am more inclined to criticize my writing than complement it. My posts always sound better in my head than they do on paper. Grammarly helps limit my typos and spelling mistakes, but it doesn’t eliminate all of them. I’m terrible at proofing my work. I will never win … More Bloganuary 8: What Do You Like Most About Your Writing?